Did Brenda Leyland Have the Right to Due Process ?

[John]

So lthough you think what the dossier compilers and sky did was reprehensible, you want them to receive the same treatment as Brenda.  And what if Brunt or a dossier compiler killed themselves, would that be justified as suitable retribution in your view?

Two wrongs don't make a right as the saying goes.

[Venturi Swirl]

But that is at the core of this debate.

And it is a very simple question. I myself can categorically say that no matter what the person had done if I thought by my actions that they may take their own life I would not take those actions.

We know Kate McCann has contemplated suicide in the past and has had a fragile mental state.   She was understandably caused anguish by a best sellng book claiming her and her husband probably sedated their child, hid her body and transported it for re-hiding/burial 23 days later.  Did Amaral consider whether or not his book might have driven Kate McCann to suicide before publication?  Did he have any reason to know for certain it would not? 

[Venturi Swirl]

Brunt knew Brenda was having suicidal thoughts yet still chose to air the doorstepping footage. Do you condemn him for making such a heartless decision ? If you don’t you don’t care and it is your attitude which should be scrutinised not the poster who highlighted it.

Why not commend him for his honesty?  He could have omitted this detail from his testimony but he chose to reveal it, showing that he is a man of integrity and conscience.  Martin Brunt is not, as far as I know, the final arbiter of what is and what is not shown on Sky News.

[Venturi Swirl]

Two wrongs don't make a right as the saying goes.

Try tellng that to Angelo who appears to have an Old Testament approach to justice.

[faithlilly]

Was this the finding of the inquest?

It was beyond the inquest’s scope.

[Venturi Swirl]

It was beyond the inquest’s scope.

Surely being “denied due process” is a matter that should be investigated by the relevant authorities?  Why weren’t they?

[Mr Gray]

We know Kate McCann has contemplated suicide in the past and has had a fragile mental state.   She was understandably caused anguish by a best sellng book claiming her and her husband probably sedated their child, hid her body and transported it for re-hiding/burial 23 days later.  Did Amaral consider whether or not his book might have driven Kate McCann to suicide before publication?  Did he have any reason to know for certain it would not?

Amaral obviously  didn't care about how much anguish he caused the McCanns.  Neither did Brenda

[faithlilly]

Surely being “denied due process” is a matter that should be investigated by the relevant authorities?  Why weren’t they?

In life Brenda was indeed denied due process due to Sky and the dossier compilers taking the law into their own hands. After her death of course she was found to have committed not criminal offence.

[Mr Gray]

She seems to have a pretty good handle on WUM spotting.

I don't think she has, a handle on anything.... It gives me some satisfaction how wrong she can which gives a guide to the accuracy of her other conclusions

[faithlilly]

Why not commend him for his honesty?  He could have omitted this detail from his testimony but he chose to reveal it, showing that he is a man of integrity and conscience.  Martin Brunt is not, as far as I know, the final arbiter of what is and what is not shown on Sky News.

His honesty ? That’s like commending a murderer for confessing.

Did he say he had told Sky about Brenda’s suicide comment ?

[Erngath]

We know Kate McCann has contemplated suicide in the past and has had a fragile mental state.   She was understandably caused anguish by a best sellng book claiming her and her husband probably sedated their child, hid her body and transported it for re-hiding/burial 23 days later.  Did Amaral consider whether or not his book might have driven Kate McCann to suicide before publication?  Did he have any reason to know for certain it would not?

He never showed the slightest concern for Madeleine and her family.
I doubt he ever considered Kate's fragile state.
This opinion is based on my judgement of his words and actions.

[Mr Gray]

In life Brenda was indeed denied due process due to Sky and the dossier compilers taking the law into their own hands. After her death of course she was found to have committed not criminal offence.

neither did Brunt or sky

[faithlilly]

He never showed the slightest concern for Madeleine and her family.
I doubt he ever considered Kate's fragile state.
This opinion is based on my judgement of his words and actions.

Sorry I thought you were talking about Brunt. Everyone seems to forget his 100% DNA claim.

[Mr Gray]

Sorry I thought you were talking about Brunt. Everyone seems to forget his 100% DNA claim.

It wasn't his claim

[Erngath]

Amaral obviously  didn't care about how much anguish he caused the McCanns.  Neither did Brenda

Amaral and Brenda were certainly not the only people who had no care about how much anguish they added to he McCanns.